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Annual Dinner 2012
Implications for Australia of the United States
Pivot to the Indo Pacific
Thursday 15 November 2012
Federation Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
A message from Prime Minister The Hon Julia Gillard MP can be downloaded here
The key note addresses were delivered by
Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command
Senator The Hon. David Feeney, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
Senator Feeney's speech can be downloaded here
H.E.M. Nadjib Riphat Kesoema, Ambassador Designate to Australia of the Republic of Indonesia.
Confirmed and invited Australian delegation include:
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| General David Hurley, AC, DSC |
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| Chief of the Defence Force (invited) |
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| Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, AO, CSC |
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| Chief of Navy |
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| Lieutenant General Dave Morrison, AO |
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| Chief of Army |
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| Air Marshal Geoff Brown, AO |
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| Chief of Air Force |
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| Mr David Irvine, AO |
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| Director General of Security |
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Confirmed and invited U.S delegation include:
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Confirmed and invited Indonesian delegation include:
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| Admiral Samuel J. Locklear, III |
HE Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema
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| Commander, U.S. Pacific Command |
Indonesian Ambassador to Australia |
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| Ms Susan Eisenhower |
RADM Willem Rampangilei |
President
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Deputy Minister for Environment and Social Vulnerability Coordination |
| The Eisenhower Group |
Coordinating Ministry for People's Welfare |
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| Dr Thomas G. Mahnken, Ph.D. |
Lieutenant General (Retd) Agus Widjojo |
| Professor of Strategy |
Senior Advisory Group for Ikahan |
| Jerome Levy Chair of Economic Geography |
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| and National Security Strategy & Policy |
Dr Roy A Sparringa |
| Naval War College |
Deputy III on Food Safety and Hazardous Substance Control |
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National Agency for Drug and Food Control (BPOM) |
| His Excellency Mr Jeffrey Bleich |
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| U.S. Ambassador to Australia |
Mr Sabam Siagian |
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Senior Editor, Jakarta Post |
| LTGEN Terry Robling |
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Prof Juwono Sodarsono |
| US Marine Forces in the Pacific |
Former Defence Minister and |
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Ambassador to United Kingdom |
| Mr Ralph A. Cossa |
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| President |
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| Pacific Forum Center for Strategic |
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| and International Studies (CSIS) |
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| Mr Mikkal Herberg |
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| Energy Security Program Director |
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| The National Bureau of Asian Research |
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Annual Seminar-Dinner 2011
Strategic Tides in Asia - Challenges and
Opportunities: 2020-2030
Thursday, 22 September 2011
National Ballroom, Realm Hotel, Canberra Join some of United States’ and Australia’s leading strategic thinkers in discussions on the future of Australia’s national security challenges and opportunities in Asia.
This seminar-dinner should be a priority for all organisations and individuals with an interest in the future security within the western pacific or with Australia’s relationship with the United States. Registration is open to the general public from Australia and overseas.
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Keynote Speakers
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The Hon Stephen Smith MP
Minister for Defence
Deputy Leader of the House
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Lieutenant General Duane Thiessen
Commander
U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific
U.S. Pacific Command
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Senior U.S. participants
Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich (TBC)
US Ambassador to Australia
Dr James Clad
Senior Adviser for Asia
Center for Naval Analyses
Ralph Cossa
President, Pacific Forum CSIS
LtGen Wallace (Chip) Gregson Jr., USMC (Rtd)
WC Gregson & Associates
Dr Andrew Krepinevich
President
Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Washington DC
Thomas Mahnken
Professor of Strategy
Jerome Levy Chair of Economic Geography and National Security Strategy & Policy
Naval War College
Dr Stanley Roth
Vice President of International Government Relations
Boeing Corporation
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Asian and Pacific Affairs
Fees (GST Inclusive):Officials and members of the public $240
Kokoda Foundation members $190
Students (fulltime) $190
A discount is available for tables of 10 $210 per person
Inquiries to:
Seminar-Dinner Manager
The Kokoda Foundation
PO Box 4060
Kingston ACT 2604
Telephone: (02) 6295 1555
Fax: (02) 6169 3019
E-mail: manager@kokodafoundation.org
Annual Seminar-Dinner 2010
Enhancing Trilateral Security Cooperation in the Western Pacific
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Federation Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
KEY SPEAKERS
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| The United States’ Interests in Trilateral Security Cooperation in the Western Pacific |
Japan’s Future Contribution to Western Pacific Security |
Australia’s Perspectives
on Trilateral Security Cooperation in the Western Pacific |
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AMB Richard Armitage
Former United States Deputy Secretary of State, U.S.A.
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Mr Koro Bessho
Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan |
Hon Kevin Rudd MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia
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OTHER U.S. AND JAPANESE PARTICIPANTS INVITED
Thomas E Donilon, National Security Advisor, Executive Office of the President (Invited)
Stanley Roth, former Assistant Secretary of State, East Asian Affairs
Andrew Shapiro Director Political-Military Affairs, Department of State (Invited)
Lt. Gen. Burton Field, Commander, U.S. Forces Japan
Major General Randolph Alles (USMC), Director Strategic Planning and
Policy, United States Pacific Command
Professor Harry Harding, Dean, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia
Derek. J Mitchell, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asia and Pacific Security Affairs
General John F Newell III, Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs for Asia, United States Joint Staff
Dr Patrick Cronin, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security
Dov Zakheim, Former Deputy Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Finance Officer
Ralph Cossa, President Pacific Forum CSIS
Brad Glosserman, Executive Director, Pacific Forum CSIS
Ms Kuniko Tanioka, Member of the House of Councillors, Japan. (Invited)
Mr Keiro Kitagami, Member of the House of Representatives, Japan. (Invited)
Mr Chikao Kawai, Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary, Japan (Invited)
Mr Kazuyoshi Umemoto, Director-General, North American Bureau, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Japan (Invited)
Professor Takashi Shiraishi, Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office, Japan (Invited)
Mr Nobushige Takamizawa, Director-General Operational Policy, Ministry of Defence, Japan (Invited)
Mr Hiroshi Oe, Director-General International Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Japan (Invited)
Ambassador Masafumi Ishii, Ambassador for Policy Planning and International Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Professor Masashi Nishihara, President, Research Institute for Peace and Security and former President of the National Defence Academy
Annual Seminar-Dinner 2009
Security Challenges in the South Asian Crescent -
Iran and Afghanistan/Pakistan
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KEY SPEAKERS
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US participants included
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Lieutenant General John R. Allen USMC
Deputy Commander
United States Central Command
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Vice Admiral Keith. W. Lippert USN (Ret’d) Former Director of the
US Defense Logistics Agency
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Professor Eliot Cohen
Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University andand Counselor, Department of State
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Dr Thomas Mahnken Visiting Scholar at Paul.H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Editor the Journal of Strategic Studies and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning
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Ralph Cossa
President, Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies, Honolulu
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Stanley Roth former United States Assistant Secretary of State
for East Asian Affairs
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Brad Glosserman
Executive Director
Pacific Forum Center for Strategic
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Bob Scher
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and South East Asia
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Wallace “Chip” Gregson
Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Asian and Pacific Security Affairs
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Dr Dov Zakheim
former Under Secretary for Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Finance Officer
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Mikkal Herberg BP Foundation Senior Research Fellow for International Energy, Pacific Council on International Policy
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